6

That's how my second life ended. Betrayed by the person I thought I could trust the most my only sibling.

When I opened my eyes again I was in a woman's arms. I was crying and screaming, still feeling the heat of the fire that had killed me and the pain of my brothers betrayal. It happened again I was reborn. Except this time I remembered how I died. I looked around I saw a woman in a bed and a baby, crying just like I was. I calmed down my twin. I heard a women say "their is two, a boy and a girl."

I heard a women my mothers voice respond "get rid of the girl, she will only hold my son back."

"As you wish, you highness."

My mother was already abandoning me. The women took me out of the room in her arms and a man followed her. It was raining and cold. The women I sat me down the edge of the woods. She touched my face and spoke "I'm sorry child, but the wolves will give you a quicker death than anyone else would, I promise this is a blessing so you don't have to suffer."

After saying that she walked away. I saw the man in the distance was gone. I was laying their naked on the cold wet grass. It was freezing I wanted to cry but nothing would come out. I closed my eyes waited for the wolves to come kill me I heard leaves moving and rustling and branches breaking. I was bracing myself for the painful bit of a wolf but instead I felt warmth.

"Open your eyes child." I heard as I felt myself getting wrapped up in something warm. It was a deep but warm voice. I opened my eyes to see a man, he looked young. I looked up to the person who was walking away from the Forrest and towards the village.

"Let's get you home and clean you up so you don't catch a cold." He said. It was a young man not more than 12, he had black hair and blue eyes.

"I'm sorry about your mother. She's that way sometimes, she tried to kill me too and father let that go as well."

He referred to him as father and not his majesty, is this person my brother or at least my half brother. We got inside and it was loud and people were drinking and singing. It went silent for a moment and everyone's eyes seemed to go to me and the boy who saved me.

"Tim why do you have a child?" Said a voice.

"I had to save her, she's my sister and the queen had her taken to the forest to be killed by wolves." He responded.

"So the evil queen struck again." The same voice said. I heard footsteps and the person came into view.

"Hello child. If she's staying here she is your responsibility Tim." The man said. He was talk and older than my brother, he had black hair and black eyes.

"I will I promise master." Tim said.

"Then what will we call her?"

"Iris because of her purple tinted eyes." Tim said.

"Go make it look like wolves got to where she was left, so they think she's dead. Then we drink to the newest member of our guild." The man called master said as he grabbed me out of my brothers arms. The man called master was gentle with me and had kind eyes. My brother had left to go do as he said.

"I know you don't understand me but welcome to your new home, soon you will be trained to hold your own. You'll have to forgive these fools for their mouths, after all they are mercenaries not nannies princess." He said.

It made sense now, it is a mercenary guild which is likely why my brother is alive after the queen tried to kill him and why he didn't fear trying to save me. It's also why he called this man master, he's likely the head of the guild and who saved him. The first few hours of this life were ruff. I was almost killed intentionally and was almost dropped a few times after being saved by drunk mercenaries who wanted to hold the newest member. It'll be lucky if I make it to one without brain damage at this point.